Peavey Fury 5

Peavey C5 Thru Neck

Vintage V950B

Yamaha BBG5S

Yamaha BBG5A

I've been looking for 5-string basses under £500 and have come up with quite a list. Which one would you recommend, bearing in mind I play mostly hard rock and metal? It should be nice to look at and hard wearing, and produce a nice tone of course
Oh yeah, I don't want a floppy B string

I got Yamaha BBG5 S and after little adjustments, it has started to work&sound pretty fine. Feels like good bass for first 5-stringer, and it only cost 450 euros for me.
Still, its pretty heavy though, so as soon as possible I´m gonna try to make a trade between it and Warwick.
But after all it´s a good bass .

I have a SR305DX.For the money ($340)it is a competent bass.The phat e.q. does give me a little broader range of sound and when playing up on the neck it is quite warm.The neck is a bit narrow but I overcame that quickly.

I have a bbg5s, and It's really a nice bass. The B string is a little floppy, but it helped a lot to use a .130 b string. It's got the best active pre-amp I have ever seen in a low cost bass, and you can pick them up for as low as $200 on ebay all the time. What else could you want?

Thought I'd bump this because I'm thinking of getting a 5-string for Christmas. So far it looks like the Peavey C5 is in the lead, but I have seen another bass that could get my money. It's the Warwick RockBass Streamer Standard, I've seen nothing but positive reviews and it seems extremely good, considering the price (£350).

Has anyone played one of these? I would really like to know what the string spacing is like, how floppy the B string is, etc.

They look very nice, here's a pic in case anyone hasn't seen one yet (I wouldn't go for red though):

I'm still open for suggestions on any other basses under £500, though so keep them coming

Originally posted by The Mole I've been looking for 5-string basses under £500 and have come up with quite a list. Which one would you recommend, bearing in mind I play mostly hard rock and metal? It should be nice to look at and hard wearing, and produce a nice tone of course
Oh yeah, I don't want a floppy B string

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I didn't vote on your current list. I did this a while back, my band plays hardish rock. I ended up saving up another £165 (on top of your £500) and bought a Spector REX2000/5. 35" scale EMG Hz pickups and EMG actice pre-amp. 5 string neck thru!!!

It's absolutely lovely - I opted for the Holoflash finish and am still finding colours! If you can't go the extra go for what some others recommend (although from your list, I'd probably go for the Fender!)

But if you can go the extra (or negotiate your dealer down to somewhere in the middle, I doubt you'll be disappointed! Only one thing I'll say about them that is a pain, there is a bit a neck dive! I'm used to it!!!!